Casper: A Spirited Beginning

AdventureFamilyComedyFantasy

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

"It's a whole new scream!"

User Score331 votes

54%5.4/10

Release1997→

Runtime1H 30M

LanguageEnglish

StatusReleased

Synopsis

Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.

Principal Cast8

Jeremy Foley

Casper (voice)

Brendon Ryan Barrett

Chris Carson

Steve Guttenberg

Tim Carson

Lori Loughlin

Sheila Fistergraff

Rodney Dangerfield

Johnny Hunt

Shannon Chandler

Jennifer

Michael McKean

Bill Case

Richard Moll

Principal Rabie

Full Cast & Crew (78)

Media9

Backdrops

Posters

Director

Sean McNamara

Director →

Trailer

Box Office

Budget$4M

Certification

Keywords

workaholicprequelfish out of watersingle fatherteacher student relationshipghostlive action and animationfather son relationshipdirect to video

Where to Watch

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Collection

Casper Collection

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Reviews1

r96sk4/10

<em>'Casper: A Spirited Beginning'</em> is rather rubbish, not that that is of any surprise. It's a stripped back version of the original in every way possible, with the animation - which, admittedly, isn't the greatest in the 1995 release - particularly standing out as being awful. The cast are OK, if entirely forgettable - perhaps with the exceptions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_McGill" rel="nofollow">Chuck McGill</a>, Michael McKean, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Lion_King_(franchise)_characters#:~:text=and%20kill%20him.-,Mufasa,-%5Bedit%5D" rel="nofollow">Mufasa</a>, James Earl Jones. Let's see what <em>'Casper Meets Wendy'</em> cobbles together...

Jan 24, 2022